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xmas day daytrip

I hadn't been out much this week so was determined to go somewhere. I thought i would go up the mnt behind my place, Perry Ridge, and stop at one of my lunch spots and then head back. For this i'd need snoeshoes on so i took them along till i got to the top of my land partners driveway, put them on and headed up the mnt.
I have to say its been 4-5 weeks since ive been going up the mnt on a regular basis, snow makes it so much harder, and i definitely had lost my edge. I was breaking trail in 16" of powder and moving at a snails pace and i had too warm of pants on and was sweating like a pig . Have to wear my river pants next time. Another shot farther up.
I got a little ways up the mnt near one of my lunch spots and said "good enough", sat down and cooked up some Black Bean soup, Man i forgot the Focaccia, still it was good. Rested for a while and headed back down but not before seeing this,

That made my day. Lynx tracks coming straight up the hill . Elk tracks all over but this guy was after rabbit .

Last edited by mbiraman; 12-25-2010 at 19:50.

" The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it."

“The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.” ~Wayne Dyer

Would you believe there is a guy in our area that raises Lynx and sells them to whoever can afford/legally own them. In TN you can own a Lynx but you cannot own a bobcat. At $1200/cat I cannot own one....and after seeing the size of their paw/claws (seriously the paw is as big as my head) I don't think I'd want to have one. He won't sell them until the front claws are de-clawed. I asked why, he said say you are in the rocking chair and accidentally rock back on the cat's tail, with the front claws the cat can kill you too quickly just reacting to the pain! This cat's head is almost as big as mine too and the eyes are huge. Def. a beautiful animal.